AT&T

I've never had an issue with dropped calls or no bars. I always have at least 3 bars and always at 4g. My boyfriend is also on AT&T and very rarely gets 2 bars and will drop calls. I have a iPhone 4s and he a flip phone from years ago.

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T-Mobile

(1 star) |
Skyway,
Colorado Springs, CO 80905 |
February 27, 2015

We have to stand at three particular windows to have reception, although it can still cut out in a call. Texting works in about 50% of the house (it's a single floor house). We have the signal booster they sent us, but without a tech to set it up, we haven't found a spot where it could work. I tried moving it to a spot that showed better reception on my phone and reset both boxes of the signal booster, but it stopped working completely until I moved it back. I don't know what most cell phone companies are trying to pull. Before a full on boycott is done, hopefully one of them steps forward and tries to help people in the area with full transparency, and coverage maps that are more than 'estimates'.

AT&T

need to go outside to make or receive calls, not bad in summer not good rest of the time. any concrete evidence that different carrriers have better service?

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Verizon

(1 star) |
Columbine Rd.,
Palmer Lake, CO 80133 |
November 28, 2014

I switched from Sprint to Verizon about a month ago, thinking I would have better reception. Boy was I wrong! I would average 2-3 bars with Sprint, but service and 3G was a little choppy. Now with Verizon I'm lucky if I can get one bar and 3G is non-existent. Stupid me. Verizon is terrible for the Tri-Lakes area!

AT&T

I have been with AT&T for over 10 years. I have never had horrible cell service. LTE is flawless. Only a handful of dropped calls since I went from a Razr to an iPhone in 2007. Excellent customer service in the last 2-3 years. Highly recommend.

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T-Mobile

T mobile in Colorado Springs for me has been painful. Calls were always dropping and I would receive texts at a later time than sent. Their 4g lte is fast, but only when you can use it. Coverage was extremely poor inside of buildings and even outside. Would probably only recommend t mobile in densely populated cities. Customer service also wasn't that good. Would take many calls in order to resolve an issue.

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T-Mobile

Went through COSTCO and switched from Verizon to T Mobile because they seemed to have a better deal with no contract. Looks like we will return to Verizon within the 14 day period. Ordered and paid for T Mobile Signal Booster (T Mobile has none and has zero idea when they will have any) online and it does nothing. Galaxy 5s has wifi calling but not so for I Phone 5s and quality is not good since wifi is not a priority for 80908. T Mobile has the best plan offerings but their service sucks for us. Back to the old contracts circus...

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T-Mobile

Moved to T-Mobile as we heard they had the best coverage in Colorado Springs. Got here and there is zero coverage at our house. Apparently there was a tower that burned in a forest fire a little over two years ago, and hasn't been replaced. Frustrating, and in calling T-Mobile all they say is that they are aware of the problem and are working on getting coverage but cannot give a timeline as to when coverage will improve.

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T-Mobile

Text messages can only be sent 25% of the time. They are received randomly, not at all, or in a spam of texts once I get off base. One out of ten times I can get a call to actually go through, but most people can't hear me, or I can't hear them because the signal breaks up. Most calls go straight to voicemail without every ringing.

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Verizon

i cannot make phone calls at my apartment. have some 3g coverage, but unable to make calls. I pay over 180 a month for my cell and my sons. I am not about to keep Verizon now that I am in this area. luckly I am no longer under contract.

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Verizon

Service is horrible I have about 20 dropped calls a day. But then some days only 15. Think about finding another carrier if more towers are not put in this area. If its a dead zone I shouldn't have to pay $250 for a network extender.

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T-Mobile

Buyer Beware with T-Mobile and Customer Service Issues at the N. Academy Store: Signed up for T-MOBILE one month ago at the N. Academy Location. Did my research ahead, asked all the "detailed" questions about the service and phone. Within a couple weeks and after a few trips I realized I had been lied to, and they get away with it because you have to go to the website to read the fine print of their contract, they don't disclose the truth. Went back to the store to talk with them about the coverage and phone problems I was experiencing. I dealt with five employees, including the store manager, all lied and all had "hands tied". When I called the shift manager out on his various lies over the last five visits, totaling 8 hours of my time, he kicked me out of the store and told me not to come back! Called T-Mobile customer service center, and they acknowledged that wasn't "right" for a customer to be treated this way, but they can't help me in any way because I bought my phone through a store, that only that store can return a phone or offer an unlock code. When I reminded them I had been kicked out of the store and told not to come back, they told me that they understood and was there anything else they could help me with? Biggest Misrepresentations (Lies)- Unlimited Data is not unlimited. They are a small network of towers and will regularly move you to "partners." You get a small amount of data through these partners and then will be cut off and have no data network, maps, restaurant locators, hotel web sites, etc. This has happened to me twice while on vacation, while means you are lost and frustrated in a city you don't know. By the way, not even Walmart sells a paper map any more, so you are really in trouble when this happens! You only have 14 days to return your phone after your plan begins. This is true even if they sign you up for the wrong plan, lie to you about coverage, services or overpromise what you cell phone coverage is going to be. Buyer Beware... that phone is YOURS, even if you don't like their lies. Unlock Codes- While you can't return your phone after 14 days, they also won't unlock it for you to go anywhere else, for a minimum of 40 days. Ute Pass: No coverage at all! This is a real safety issue with the recent flooding!

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AT&T

Have AT&T for 14 years in this same home, but just in the last. 3 months I get about. 5 dropped calls each day. I just can't understand what the heck is going on. Have I -phone. 5 but told it's not the phone it's AT&T coverage is so poor. Just changed the phone twice in one month even though was told it wasn't phone had to see for myself. AT&T is the worst!

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AT&T

I've been with AT&T since the late 90's. It's no longer the days of analog service, now it's digital and it comes with coverage issues. I have been living in the Rockrimmon area since the early 80's. For the past 10 years, the cell phone coverage has been getting worst with each generation upgrade. I've been very patient and waiting for something to improve over the years. When we had our latest power blackout, reality came crashing down and I notice action needs to take place for better coverage. Since we no longer have a land line connection through Century Link, because we now have Comcast phone service that was on a battery back up. If the power outage lasted too much longer, I was afraid the back-up battery would fail. I was unable to make cell-phone calls because the coverage was so bad here; I always relied on my home phone to make calls in the past. I could not even connect to the 4G network because the service in this area is so poor. It is very frustrating! I know Rockrimmon has this gigantic hill that it probable the cause of poor coverage. However, there should be means to overcome it. A small cell-phone array could be installed on the roof of Safeway, if Safeway would agree. Something needs to happen!

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T-Mobile

In the City, T-Mobile is excellent. Often 5 bars of LTE service and fast speeds all throughout the city. It's LTE is faster than everyone else. T-Mobile even has LTE coverage in areas like Woodland Park (and AT&T still has 3G all along highway 24, while T-Mobile has 4G LTE!). It's much better than AT&T, which AT&T is BY FAR the worst carrier in Colorado. If you live in Colorado Springs, T-Mobile is the best carrier (and great pricing too).

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Sprint

(0 stars) |
Black Forest,
Colorado Springs, CO 80908 |
April 01, 2014

Wow, yes, Sprint really is awful - and I agree with many of the other reviews on the signal. I have been told for months now that Sprint's horrible reception would be improved and its only gotten WORSE! Not to mention all the other frustrations: a loud keypad tone in the middle of calls, the inability to download voicemails, constant dropped calls, NO signal at my home in Black Forest... it really is sickening how much my family pays for how LITTLE we can actually use our phones. I do NOT recommend Sprint to anyone.

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Sprint

Same problem we had last fall. Phones die overnight. We've checked our batteries and they are fine. Are they working on towers again? If I take my phone into the bedroom for the night (fully charged), by morning it's dead. Last night my husband's phone was fully charged, in the family room, and this morning it's dead. What gives?

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T-Mobile

Since 4G LTE rolled out around December 2013, i'm loving T-Mobile in the Colorado Springs market! Verizon is basically a poor market area, according to them. Sprint is ok, if your outside or near the more populous parts of town. STILL waiting on LTE. ATT, I honestly dont know.